Kanye West to lunch with Donald Trump this week

Kanye West is to meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.

The two men are expected to discuss prison reform, gang violence and “manufacturing resurgence” in the US.

The meeting will take place less than four weeks before the mid-term elections in November.

The rapper, who has been a vocal supporter of Mr Trump, will also meet White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law.

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On Monday, the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift endorsed two Democrats for the US mid-term elections, prompting Mr Trump to tell reporters that he likes “Taylor’s music about 25% less now”.

This once again puts her at odds with Mr West, with whom she has had an on-off public feud since he interrupted her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards.

In September, Mr West, who is married to Kim Kardashian, wore a hat with Donald Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” during his performance of Ghost Town on the US comedy show Saturday Night Live.

He ended his segment by delivering an impromptu off-air speech praising the president, posted online by members of the audience.

“So many times I talk to a white person and [they] say: ‘How could you like Trump, he’s racist?'” he said. “Well, if I was concerned about racism I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.”

Mr West and Mr Trump previously met in December 2016, before the president took office. At the time, the singer John Legend, a close friend of Mr West, called the meeting a “publicity stunt”.

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